Leinster to the Fore for Baba's Battle

Jamie Heaslip will captain the Ireland side to play the Barbarians at Thomond Park on Thursday.

There are three uncapped players in the forwards - Leinster trio Jack Conan, Tadhg Furlong and Ben Marshall.

There are also four new faces in the backs in Leinster's Luke McGrath, Colm O'Shea and Cian Kelleher along with Stuart McCloskey of Ulster. Connacht players have been rested following their match against Gloucester yesterday.

Defence coach, Les Kiss, says they wanted to try out some new faces while also putting up a strong challenge for the Babas.